Raza Hamdani

9,112 Flips | 1 Magazine | 32 Likes | 50 Following | 192 Followers | @raza_hamdani | Started from Journalism moved to ICRC to look at humanitarian side and back to journalism with BBC World Service. @hamdani_raza

Atop Mount Lico in northern Mozambique is a site that few have had the pleasure of seeing—a hidden rainforest, protected by a steep circle of rock. Though the mountain was known to locals, the forest itself remained a secret until six years ago, when Julian Bayliss spotted it on satellite imagery. …

Summer is a time for relaxation and properly switching off. On holiday, most of us have a simpler existence: we rest more, read material that is totally unrelated to work, fill up on fresh fruit and veg, swim and explore. All of these things are restorative. From a scientific perspective, they all …

Steve Jobs told his daughter she “smelled like a toilet” on his deathbed, a new revelatory memoir detailing their troubled relationship has revealed.<p>Lisa Brennan-Jobs, who the Apple founder had denied was his daughter, also recalls him telling her “you’re getting nothing” in a disagreement over …

Palestinian teenager Ahed Tamimi has been freed by Israel after spending eight months in prison for slapping and kicking an Israeli soldier in the occupied West Bank.<p>Tamimi, 17, became a heroine to Palestinians last year following the incident outside her home in the village of Nabi Saleh. The …

The average rainfall for the first two weeks of July in England was 6mm, while only 15mm fell throughout all of June, according to the UK’s Environment Agency.<p>To give some idea of how low this is, the definition of a desert is a place with an average rainfall of 21mm per month.<p>The Met Office …

If you've ever been the office sweetheart, you know exceptional kindness can be met with nastiness. Here's why.<p>Ask anyone whom they prefer to work with, nice guys or bullies, and you'll get a fast and certain reply -- just about everyone says they prefer to share an office with kindhearted …

Special forces general tells US president war with Iran would 'destroy all that you possess' as war of words continues.<p>The head of Iran's Quds Forces responded to President Donald Trump's threats in a speech on Thursday, saying if the US started a war Iran would "destroy all that you …

If you don't currently own a fan in the midst of this heatwave, here's why you might not want to bother.<p>We say this for two reasons. One: we can almost guarantee that you won't actually be able to find one in stock anywhere, because everyone has had the same idea as you. And secondly, it's not …

"If anyone was going to be posting my naked photos​, it was going to be me, and I was going to get paid for it."<p>My last breakup wasn’t really a breakup, but it was bad. We were never really dating, and he definitely wasn’t (and would never be) my boyfriend. We’d been hooking up on and off for a few …

Sexsomnia is a sleep disorder in which people have sex—or try to—while unconscious.<p>Hope has always had an active sex life with her partner. “One time I asked him if he’d enjoyed the present—a blowjob—last night,” says the South African 23-year-old, who prefers to use only her first name since she …

A CNN reporter has been excluded by the White House from a press event after asking Donald Trump about Vladimir Putin’s postponed visit and the Michael Cohen tapes.<p>The ban on White House reporter Kaitlan Collins sparked outcry from traditional rival Fox News and the White House Correspondents …

The escalating invective between President Trump and Iran’s leaders, reminiscent of the president’s bombastic exchanges with North Korea, have raised fears of a military confrontation in the Persian Gulf — a vital conduit for global oil supplies — or perhaps even something bigger.<p>In a late-night …

<b>I am a 35-year-old bisexual woman who has never had penetrative sex with a man. Years ago I attempted it, but we gave up when it didn’t work. I presumed it was because I wasn’t relaxed enough, but since then I have tried penetration with</b> <b>vibrators when fully relaxed and lubricated and they won’t go</b> …